09/20/2019
09/20/2019
Local News for Westport, Connecticut
09/20/2019
09/20/2019
Westport Style: New utility style sweeps clean plastic pollution
Westporters are busy finding new ways and means of transporting their food stuffs, cleaners, drug store items and household goods with a renewed sense of purpose. No longer dependent on the retailer to bag purchases in plastic and aware of the diminishing returns of those wimpy paper bags, a new “utility style” is in demand. READ MORE.
09/20/2019
Westport Historical Society to change its name
Formally taking effect Sept. 28 with the launch of its “Becoming Westport” exhibit, the new name will be Westport Museum For History & Culture. Read the rest of the article on westport-news.com READ MORE.
09/20/2019
Itty Bittys: Age 5 & Under
Repeats every week until Sat Dec 21 2019 except Sat Nov 02 2019, Sat Nov 23 2019. Saturday, Nov 9, 2019 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Komansky Room Enjoy a half-hour program of song, stories, music, movement and finger play. Improve your cultural literacy and rock out at the same time! Saturdays @ 10 am READ MORE.
09/20/2019
Westport Fire Dept.: Engine 2 and Truck …
Engine 2 and Truck 1 (Engine 4 and Car 3 not shown) in response to an odor of natural gas in the building. @ Westport Center for Senior Activities Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.09/20/2019
Lamont Administration Limits Tax Hike on Prepared Meals
By Keith M. Phaneuf and Mark Pazniokas www.ctmirror.org Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration late today unveiled tax guidelines that narrowed the Department of Revenue Service’s original interpretation of a budget provision that adds one percentage point to the 6.35% sales tax on meals and prepared foods on Oct 1. In a memo aimed at grocery stores, READ MORE.
09/20/2019
Betty L. Corwin, Pioneering Theater Archivist, 98
Betty L. Corwin of Weston, a former Westport resident and pioneering theater archivist in preserving New York off-Broadway and Broadway performances on film and tape, died Sept. 10. She was 98. Betty Corwin: at the Senior Center in 2011. Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com For her creation of the Theater on Film and Tape at the READ MORE.09/20/2019
Friday, Sept. 20, 2019
10 a.m. – Westport Library – Language Conversation Group: Japanese 10:30 a.m. – Westport Senior Center – Lauren Pace, RN: Fall Prevention Class 11 a.m. – Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge – Global Climate Strike 11 a.m. – Westport Library – Anyone Can … Cut the Cord to Cable 11 a.m. – Westport Library – Language READ MORE.
09/20/2019
I-95 Crash
2019-09-19@7:50pm–#Westport Ct– #cttraffic— A one car crash hitting a light pole right before exit 18 southbound. Expect delays. The post I-95 Crash appeared first on DoingItLocal. Read the rest of the article on doingitlocal.com READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Westport leaders eye banning recreational pot before it’s even legal
Westport is looking at banning recreational marijuana sales even before it’s legalized in the state. Read the rest of the article on connecticut.news12.com READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Town of Westport, CT: Vaping: The Youth Epidemic …
Vaping: The Youth Epidemic Community Presentation Sept. 25. Presenter Tricia Dahl from Yale’s Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Tuesdays at Two Film: The Human Race
Tuesday, Nov 19, 2019 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Komansky Room The Human Race is an inspirational full-length documentary about six runners, ages 50-90, as they each train for the biggest race of their lives. These six athletes run the spectrum of over-50 athletes: from the fiercest elite runners to newer runners attempting their first READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Our educational blog series for MLIMA’S TALE continues with today’s post, “Ivory Dust,” from Eleni…
Our educational blog series for MLIMA’S TALE continues with today’s post, “Ivory Dust,” from Eleni Coundouriotis, University of Connecticut’s Professor of English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies. Eleni considers what we see when we look at ivory carvings and how MLIMA’S TALE makes real the spirit embodied in these objects. Read today’s and past READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Photos from Westport Farmers’ Market’s post
The 2019 Chef at the Market Semi-Finals are history! Chefs Anthony Kostelis, David Guimaraes, Jeffrey Taibe and Adam Roytman prepared some incredible and creative dishes today. Head over to our Instagram and watch our story to hear them talk about their dishes, or click the SemiFinals Highlights tab. Our two finalists are revealed at the READ MORE.09/19/2019
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019
8:30 a.m. – Westport Library – Commission on People with Disabilities 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Town Hall Room 201 – Westport Mentor Program Breakfast Open House 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – 50 Imperial Avenue – Westport Farmers Market 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Shorehaven Golf Club (14 Canfield Ave., Norwalk) – READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Mandela shares message of hope at cancer care fundraiser
The Global Access to Cancer Care Foundation Ambassador Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, supported a fundraising event in Westport benefitting the foundation on Wednesday. Read the rest of the article on westport-news.com READ MORE.
09/19/2019
‘We Need Open Discussion’
Organizer Darcy Hicks of Westport told an anti-hate rally today on Jesup Green: ““We need open discussion, not wait for the next incident of a swastika in a stall so we can have another conversation like this.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com Read the article on westportnow.com READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Fairfield’s Koskinas (5 goals) leads Greens Farms Academy in opener
The fall sports season at Greens Farms Academy officially opened this week and it was the varsity field hockey team that kicked off the campaign in a big way. Junior Zoe Koskinas of Fairfield scored five go… Read the rest of the article on gametimect.com READ MORE.
09/19/2019
Westporters Rally to Denounce Anti-Semitic Acts
A rally on Westport’s Jesup Green today denounced recent anti-semitic acts in Westport and other Connecticut communities. Speakers included First Selectman Jim Marpe, Steve Ginsbrug, a Westporter who heads the state ADL, Harold Bailey, TEAM Westport chair, and organizer Darcy Hicks. In her invitation to the rally, Hicks said: “This is a show of strength READ MORE.
09/19/2019